Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences ( SAGW ) is a science academy in Switzerland .

history

The SAHS was founded in 1946 with the support of the long-standing Federal Councilor Philipp Etter with the aim of promoting research , international cooperation and promoting young talent. The SAGW was originally called the Swiss Humanities Society , or SGG for short. It was not until 1985 that the title of academy was accepted and after only another five years it was renamed to the current name.

Purpose and activity

The SAGW supports and networks the humanities and social sciences regionally, nationally and internationally. With forums and platforms, the academy approaches issues in an interdisciplinary manner or strengthens the national and international network of disciplines.

The academy also coordinates science within the Swiss university landscape or works with research funding institutions such as B. the Swiss National Science Foundation or the Academies of Science .

Humanities and social science topics are also brought closer to a broad audience at the regional level. This task is taken over by the cantonal and regional societies, which publish publications supported by the Academy and organize series of lectures for the public.

The academy is an umbrella organization that unites 60 specialist societies. The member societies cover a wide range of subjects, from literature to communication studies, ethnology and theology to business administration and statistics.

The academy's main focus today is languages and cultures, sustainable development and changing science. Within this focus, the SAGW oversees projects such as intergenerational relationships, sustainable use of resources, digital humanities , open access and quality and performance assessment.

In total, no fewer than 30,000 people are indirectly affiliated to the SAHS as members of a specialist society. This results in the largest network of the humanities and social sciences in Switzerland.

The SAGW supports its societies' specialist portals on art, classical and linguistic and literary studies.

Finally, the Academy manages or finances the following research companies: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), Inventory of Swiss Coins Found (IFS), National Dictionaries (NWB, i.e. Swiss Idioticon , Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande , Vocabolario dei dialetti della Svizzera italiana and Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun ), Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland (DDS), Yearbook of Swiss Politics (APS) and infoclio.ch . Metagrid is a SAGW project for online networking of humanities resources.

The SAGW responded to criticism of the humanities in general with an information campaign.

organization

The academy is organized as an association . Its members are 60 professional societies, which are assigned to seven thematic sections. The academy is organized by an assembly of delegates, the board and the committee.

The assembly of delegates is the highest decision-making body of the SAEL. It takes place once a year on the occasion of the annual meeting of the SAHS. The assembly of delegates elects the members of the board for a term of office of three years.

The board meets four times a year. He is responsible for all resolutions. The board elects permanent delegates of the SAEL for a term of office of three years, who ensure the connections to the national and international institutions.

The committee consists of the president, the vice-president, the quaestor and three representatives of the sections. The committee meets four times a year. He handles the business that is assigned to him by the board and prepares important decisions for the board to pass.

President is Jean-Jacques Aubert (as of 2017), long-time Secretary General Markus Zürcher.

The Swiss Academic Society for German Studies (SAGG) is a subsidiary. It was initially founded as the Academic Society of Swiss Germanists on April 7, 1940 in Bern. It publishes the journal Germanistik in Schweiz .

Academy Awards and Accolades

Prix Média of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
SAGW young talent award

Web links

Website of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences in the archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives
Subject portals: arts , classical studies , linguistics and literature
Research company: Historical encyclopedia of Switzerland , inventory of Swiss coins found , Swiss Idioticon , Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande , Vocabolario dei dialetti della Svizzera italiana , Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun , Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland , Yearbook of Swiss Politics , infoclio.ch

Individual evidence

^ History of the SAHS - Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
↑ Urs Hafner: The SAGW goes on the offensive: How intellectual workers make themselves useful . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 10, 2016, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed on August 9, 2017]).
^ SAGW: About Humanities. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
↑ Swiss Academic Society for German Studies. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[1] History of the SAHS - Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .

[2] Urs Hafner: The SAGW goes on the offensive: How intellectual workers make themselves useful . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 10, 2016, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed on August 9, 2017]).

[3] SAGW: About Humanities. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .

[4] Swiss Academic Society for German Studies. Retrieved December 5, 2019.